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Sales of electric cars rose 140% to 175 thousand in the United Kingdom in 2020, according to ACEA.
Historically, sales of electric cars in the United Kingdom reached an all time high of 175 thousand in 2020 and an all time low of 0.180 thousand in 2009. When compared to United Kingdom's main peers, sales of electric cars in Belgium amounted to 46.3 thousand, 186 thousand in France, 395 thousand in Germany and 6.51 thousand in Ireland in 2020.
United Kingdom has been ranked 3rd within the group of 29 countries we follow in terms of sales of electric cars, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Sales of Total Chargeable Electric Vehicles | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Austria | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.72 | 2.79 | 5.07 | 7.15 | 8.65 | |||
| Belgium | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2.05 | 3.84 | 8.96 | 14.3 | 13.4 | |||
| Canada | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5.07 | 6.96 | 11.6 | 16.7 | 44.2 | ... | ||||
| France | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 12.5 | 22.9 | 29.2 | 36.8 | 45.6 | |||||||
| Germany | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 13.1 | 23.6 | 25.2 | 54.6 | 67.7 | |||||||
| Iceland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Ireland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.256 | 0.583 | 0.690 | 0.948 | 1.97 | |||
| Italy | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.42 | 2.34 | 2.83 | 4.83 | 9.73 | |||
| Luxembourg | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ||
| Netherlands | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.8 | 44.4 | 22.8 | 11.1 | 29.7 | ||||||||
| Poland | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 0.141 | 0.337 | 0.556 | 1.07 | 1.32 | |||
| Spain | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1.41 | 2.25 | 3.65 | 7.48 | 11.8 | |||
| United Kingdom | thousand | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 14.6 | 28.7 | 36.9 | 47.3 | 59.9 |
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